Our blog began as a journal of our decision to take a life changing journey by living in Panama, Costa Rica, Ecuador, Nicaragua and Mexico. In December, 2013, we made the final decision to live in Puerto Vallarta, MX, where we have resided since. So now the blog is a monthly posting of our monthly expenditures with dialogue of some of the monthly highlights. Please continue to follow along as this journey keeps unfolding!

Sunday, May 1, 2016

It's again a New Year!! Wow, time is flying by here in beautiful PV
where we once again proved that you can live well for a very reasonable
budget. (See our Year End analysis published in January, 2015 & January, 2016.)

So, off we go again into this new year trying
to continue to live within our income but still keeping our goal of no
more than $2,000/month for our true Living Expenses. And, if we keep our
total expenses to no more than an average of $2,500/month, it leaves a good bit for
our love of traveling.

January was an extremely busy
month for us! Many show openings that we love to attend. Free tickets in
lieu of doing some advertising work for local entertainment venues.
Thank You!!

February highlight was our trip to the mountains of MX to see the Monarch Butterflies. High season is in full swing.

March
was a month of meeting up with many visiting friends & catching up
with friends we really hadn't had a chance to see since the holidays. We
splurged on several meals out.

April was the time we took to do some preventative medical exams. We are extremely grateful to have a medical guru here in PV. Pam Thompson-Webb of HealthCareResourcesPV.com. She runs medical clinics every month. As members (very inexpensive), we get discounted medical exams with specialists of all areas.

I also took a part time job doing media coordinating for a local organization. My time is most certainly not idle!!